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At 11:17 AM 7/17/2006, you wrote:

I've always expected the rider to pay his or her own fees, except for my grandson, of course!
 
chris

Diana Peterson <diana2507@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

hmm... I have ridden some of my friends horses in the past...and i always

payed my own fee's.

But i am an adult making my own money.

If i had a junior ride my horse for me ...i would pay for them since they

more the likely don't have money of there own, and if i wanted to milage on

my horse for his records.

My two cents

Diana and Del Passo

>From: Christina Schiro

>To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

>Subject: [RC] Ride Entry - who pays when someone else rides your horse?

>Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 08:48:26 -0700 (PDT)

>

>I have a young friend, a junior, who would like to ride my horse, Ice, at

>the Blackwater Boogie in December (I am the Ride Manager).

>

> Knowing I wouldn't be able to ride my horse, Ashley asked me if she

>could ride Ice in the 25 miler. Note - Ashley would have been my first

>choice to Ice anyways. If Ashley couldn't ride, I would find someone else

>to compete my horse.

>

> I told Ashely "Yes!" because she is a terrific rider,has ridden Ice a

>lot, and Ice really likes her, but we have not discussed who will pay the

>ride entry.

>

>

> I don't know if any of this matters..., but,

>

> Ashley is not an AERC member. So she doesn't care about accumulating

>mileage for her record (at least yet!). However, *I* DO care that my horse

>does accumulate mileage for his records and keeps in condition for the

>other competitions I am riding him in, so I REALLY want him to do the

>Blackwater Boogie.

>

> Ashley has only done one AERC ride, a 30 miler last March, where I was

>her sponsor. I rode my horse Ice, and she rode her riding

>instructor/distance rider's Arab, Skeeter, after the horse's owner

>suggested/offered the horse for Ashley to do her first AERC ride. Skeeter

>had never done an AERC ride before, so the owner didn't care about the

>horse accumulating mileage for his record. Ashley (or rather her parents)

>paid the ride entry.

>

> Ashley just told me the plan was for Ashley's mom, Mary, to ride

>Ashley's new horse, Duke, (an arab Ashley's had for about two months), and

>be Ashley's sponsor. Mary has never done distance riding before but was an

>avid horseback rider in her younger days from what I understand. Duke is a

>practically dead-broke horse. Ice can be spirited, so I don't want Mary to

>ride him.

>

> By the way, even though I am the RM, my horse's entry will still have to

>be paid, because the horse club I belong to is sponsoring the ride (i.e.

>paying all the bills!), so no free ride for my horse I guess. This is the

>club's first AERC ride, so they are relying on me to make sure we at least

>break even!!

>

> Opinions on who should pay for Ice's ride entry?

>

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